This was a chilling hearing. Just shows how far right we've shifted in the judiciary. Worth a thread.
The context, do state abortion restrictions interfere with federal health care law for emergency care.
I still can't believe we have this shitty "tribunal" making decision on medical care.
In a very telling exchange, one of the Idaho prosecutors said that a women may have to lose organs before a medical needed abortion. WTF?
ACB, not a fan of abortion, was even took back by that reply.
Alito also showed his ass as being one of the worse Justices too.
The context, do state abortion restrictions interfere with federal health care law for emergency care.
I still can't believe we have this shitty "tribunal" making decision on medical care.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wadeviolate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients.
The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state ban since overturning the nationwide right to abortion. It comes from Idaho, which is among 14 states that now ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy with very limited exceptions.
The high court has already allowed the state ban to go into effect, even in medical emergencies, and it was unclear whether members of the conservative majority were swayed by the Biden administration's argument that federal law overrides the state in rare emergency cases where a pregnant patient's health is at serious risk.
In a very telling exchange, one of the Idaho prosecutors said that a women may have to lose organs before a medical needed abortion. WTF?
"Within these rare cases, there's a significant number where the woman's life is not in peril, but she's going to lose her reproductive organs. She's going to lose the ability to have children in the future unless an abortion takes place," said Justice Elena Kagan.
Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, meanwhile, said she was "kind of shocked" that an attorney for Idaho appeared to hedge when asked whether the state would allow abortions in cases like those. Attorney Joshua N. Turner responded that doctors can use their "good faith" medical judgment under Idaho's life-saving exception, but Barrett continued to press: "What if the prosecutor thinks differently?"
ACB, not a fan of abortion, was even took back by that reply.
Alito also showed his ass as being one of the worse Justices too.
Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
Supreme Court is considering a case that will determine when doctors can provide abortions during medical emergencies in states with bans enacted after the high court’s sweeping decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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